Spurs central defender set for loan in Scotland | OneFootball

According to Lilywhite Rose, an expert when it comes to Tottenham Hotspur academy football - and someone well worth a follow on twitter if you wish to keep up to date with all the musings from the academy - Spurs central defender Alfie Dorrington is set to join Scottish side Aberdeen on loan until the end of the 24/25 season.

Teenage Spurs defender set to move to Aberdeen in Scotland

During the 5-0 win over Southampton back in December, the defender made his first team debut for the club, coming on as a substitute in the closing stages of the game. He has been named on the bench a number of times this season, including in the win over Tamworth in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

As for Aberdeen, they currently sit fourth in the Scottish Premiership, with 35 points from their 22 games so far. Things could have been a lot better, mind you - on the 9th November they were only below Celtic on goal difference, but no wins since then mean they are now a whopping 24 points behind the defending champions.

Nevertheless, there is still plenty to play for, including European spots. Depending on when a deal is done, Dorrington could make his debut on Wednesday evening, when the Dons travel to Glasgow to face Rangers at Ibrox - one of the games he was on the bench for this season was Spurs' trip there in the Europa league last month.

On the 26th of February, he could face up against another Spurs academy centre back, when Aberdeen play away to Ange's old side Celtic, whom have Cameron Carter-Vickers as one of their regular starters in the heart of their defence. He may also face the Tottenham Hotspur linked Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn, Celtic's star man on the right hand side of their attack.

It definitely feels like the next step in Dorrington's career is to make the leap from U21s football to playing regular senior football - so let's hope he will get that at Aberdeen. The other central defender Spurs have on loan at the moment, Ashley Phillips, is having a fruitful spell at Championship side Stoke City, so let's hope for something similar here.